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The Painted Veil

novel by William Somerset Maugham
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Summary

The Painted Veil is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,342 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: William Somerset Maugham[3]
  • Language of work or name: English[4]
  • Publication date: 1925[5]
  • Has edition or translation: The Painted Veil[6]
  • Narrative location: Hong Kong[7]
  • Title: The Painted Veil[8]
  • Derivative work: The Painted Veil[9]
  • Form of creative work: novel[10]

Why It Matters

The Painted Veil has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Hong Kong literary work William Somerset Maugham

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Painted Veil. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-painted-veil-q795340
MLA “The Painted Veil.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-painted-veil-q795340.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-painted-veil-q795340_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Painted Veil}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-painted-veil-q795340}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Podbrushkin · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fantlab work id → 283574
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  2. 8d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 19
    Derivative work → The Painted Veil
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hy', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', 'pt', 'ro', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: The Painted Veil, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791729221400"
  3. 24w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Publication date → +1925-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → literary work
    Language of work or name → English
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:دی پینٹڈ ویل (ناول)]]"
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